Over 30% of Consumers Never Change Their Passwords. Are You One of Them?
In an effort to make their point clearer, security experts have been trying to compare passwords to real-life objects for years. There have been many analogies, but perhaps the most interesting one draws parallels...
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How to Teach Kids Safe Password Habits When They Like Sharing?
As we all (should) know by now, the password is our main line of online defense. Without a strong password, anyone could hack our social media, our bank accounts, emails, etc and cause all sorts of damage. So it's...
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4 Simple Steps to Disable Automatic Sign-In for a Google Chrome Account to Protect Your Privacy
Gmail is one of the most popular email services on the planet. It's owned and maintained by Google, so it's no surprise that Gmail had over 1.2 billion active users in 2017, and probably more in 2018. That said,...
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Websites Fail to Protect Users. How to Take Virtual Security Into Your Own Hands?
You might hear cyber security experts tell you that you shouldn't visit websites or follow links or open emails you don't trust. But what do they mean by "trust" exactly? Do you think about how a particular service...
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Reddit Data Breach Exposed. What Do Reddit Users Need to Do Now?
Reddit was recently the sixth most popular website in the world according to Alexa. It has more than 1.5 billion monthly visits which shows that for many people, it's the perfect place for anything from discussing...
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What Is Cloud Storage and Why Is It Helpful?
An interesting bit of trivia - Cloud Storage in its most basic form has been around since the early nineties. Of course, those were the very first basic steps in outsourcing storage onto the Web, and we have come a...
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How to Protect Yourself from a Bank Transfer Scam?
What can cybercriminals do if they break into your email account? Quite a lot, actually. For one, they can blast a large number of users with tons of junk mail that contains anything from phishing to malware. The...
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Why Including Personal Information in Passwords Is a Terrible Idea
We're hoping that you've done the right thing and have adopted a tool that takes care of your passwords for you. You do probably remember the times when you were doing it on your own, though. It was a struggle, wasn't...
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Will Graphical Passwords Be More Secure Online Than the Text Password?
Have you heard of graphical passwords? They're all the rage right now. It's no secret that most people suck at creating written passwords. According to SplashData, the most used password is, well, "password". That...
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Offsite Backups vs. Onsite Backups: Which Is the Better Option for the Regular Individual?
Security experts can (and do) type their fingers to the bone trying to warn people about the innumerable threats the World Wide Web poses, but it's all in vain if the users themselves don't understand how devastating...
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How to Turn on Two-Factor Authentication for Your Fidelity Account?
What is Two-Factor Authentication and how does it help me? No doubt you have heard of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) if you've been reading our articles. I'm a big fan of it myself. But do you know what it is and...
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What to Do When My iPhone Keeps Asking for Apple ID & iCloud Password?
Is your iPhone spazzing out and does it keep asking for your Apple ID and iCloud password? Well, it's a very old bug, quite possibly years old, and it keeps coming back to haunt Apple clients even if they're running...
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LifeLock Bug: Millions of Email Addresses Were Left out in the Open
We have discussed identity
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Top-Clicked Phishing Report Shows How Easily Computer Users Are Scammed
Phishing shouldn't be such an effective attack in theory. When you take a closer look and consider a few things, you'll see that in a typical scenario, there are far too many easy-to-notice factors that give the...
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What Can I Do If I Forget My IRCTC E-wallet Transaction Password?
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that deals with the catering, tourism and online ticketing transactions of the Indian railways. They describe...
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How to Protect Your Computer from a Ransomware Attack
It must be said that as far as illegal money-making schemes on the Internet go, ransomware operations seem to be among the most clever ones. If it's done correctly, it's the (nearly) perfect crime because you...
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Even Security Professionals Continue to Reuse Passwords, Study Finds
We can only imagine that being a security expert is not easy. You spend years trying to tell people that they should really start taking their online safety seriously, and yet, the constant barrage of successful...
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Pay Attention to the Signs When Your Phone Has Been Hacked
There's no denying that smartphones have become the gadget that defines the early 21st century. Whether you're young or old, whether you live in a global superpower like the United States or a small eastern European...
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